US Wholesale Inventories Fell 0.4% in September
November 08 2019 - 10:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Paul Kiernan
WASHINGTON--U.S. wholesalers reduced inventories in September at
the fastest pace in nearly two years, the Commerce Department said
Friday. Here are a few takeaways from the report:
--Wholesale inventories fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in
September from the prior month, the largest decline since October
2017. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected a
0.3% drop.
--Inventories increased 0.1% in August, revised down from a
previous estimate of a 0.2% gain.
--Sales in September were unchanged from a month earlier.
--The inventory-to-sales ratio, or how fast supplies would be
exhausted at the month's sales pace, was 1.36 in September,
unchanged from August.
--The Commerce Department's latest wholesale trade report can be
found at www.census.gov/wholesale/pdf/mwts/currentwhl.pdf
Write to Paul Kiernan at paul.kiernan@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 08, 2019 10:15 ET (15:15 GMT)
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